Abundance

De: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson

Narrado por: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“A terrific book...Powerful and persuasive.” —Fareed Zakaria

“Spectacular…Offers a comprehensive indictment of the current problems and a clear path forward…Klein and Thompson usher in a mood shift. They inspire hope and enlarge the imagination.” —David Brooks, The New York Times

“A raging political fad has taken over the Democratic Party….The Abundance movement cuts across the party’s ideological fissures….Democratic politicians are rushing to embrace the new mantra.” —The Wall Street Journal

From bestselling authors and journalistic titans Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, Abundance is a once-in-a-generation, paradigm-shifting call to renew a politics of plenty, face up to the failures of liberal governance, and abandon the chosen scarcities that have deformed American life.

To trace the history of the twenty-first century so far is to trace a history of unaffordability and shortage. After years of refusing to build sufficient housing, America has a national housing crisis. After years of limiting immigration, we don’t have enough workers. Despite decades of being warned about the consequences of climate change, we haven’t built anything close to the clean-energy infrastructure we need. Ambitious public projects are finished late and over budget—if they are ever finished at all. The crisis that’s clicking into focus now has been building for decades—because we haven’t been building enough.

Abundance explains that our problems today are not the results of yesteryear’s villains. Rather, one generation’s solutions have become the next gener­ation’s problems. Rules and regulations designed to solve the problems of the 1970s often prevent urban-density and green-energy projects that would help solve the problems of the 2020s. Laws meant to ensure that government considers the consequences of its actions have made it too difficult for government to act consequentially. In the last few decades, our capacity to see problems has sharpened while our ability to solve them has diminished.

Progress requires facing up to the institutions in life that are not working as they need to. It means, for liberals, recognizing when the government is failing. It means, for conservatives, recognizing when the government is needed. In a book exploring how we can move from a liberalism that not only protects and pre­serves but also builds, Klein and Thompson trace the political, economic, and cultural barriers to progress and propose a path toward a politics of abundance. At a time when movements of scarcity are gaining power in country after country, this is an answer that meets the challenges of the moment while grappling honestly with the fury so many rightfully feel.

©2024 Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio

One of most important books in years to recast thinking

Excellent well researched. Well read. In some ways wished it was longer to diver deeper in some issues

Brilliant Book

Equal parts autopsy and manifesto, Abundance provides the blueprint for the new American century. A must read.

The easily understandable explanation of a complex problem.

They made an overwhelming problem understandable without being insultingly simplified. It makes you consider their discussion and apply it to local situations.

Stunning and Illuminating

This is a short but intense listen, Ezra and Derek do an excellent job of showing where the progressive movement lost track of its real aims and failed their constituents

The well thought out and evidenced case to reform government ideology when solving crises

Loved it, will highly recommend. Very well thought out with each suggested change coming with a multitude of cases to support the proposed idea. Great to be reminded of what we should aspire to build given the current context.

How we got here. Where do we go now?

This is by far the most clear-eyed, spectacularly written, thoroughly researched explanation of our current failures and the possibilities of a hopeful future for America and the world. Thank you!

Poor policies

Policies that drive scarcity and solutions for housing were very interesting. Big problems require big vision solutions.

A stark, clear call to action for the Democratic Party

It’s a bit short, but it’s a good explanation of where liberal/Democratic government has gone wrong and how it can be fixed

Relevant to NOW

Helps sort out how we go here and a framework for
how we can get things done

a must read for leaders at all levels

this was a great book to listen to. the reasoning behind is truly supported by the author's examples and the hypocrisy of how good intentions lead to scarcity. this is a must read for leaders especially in blue states.